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Post by Gene on Mar 7, 2010 8:35:46 GMT 9
Comments (65)SEATTLE -- The Museum of Flight is taking a pricey gamble that could hit the jackpot - or go bust.
The opportunity to display a soon to be retired Space Shuttle is at stake.
The museum is going to build a $12 million facility to display the shuttle, but even if it's built, the shuttle may still not come.
NASA has retired three shuttles that it is offering to museums across the country. Two of them have been to space -- Endeavour and Atlantis.
NASA doesn't make the decision for several months, but requires that a facility already be in place for consideration.
The museum board decided to go ahead with construction and compete with about 20 other museums going for the shuttles.
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Post by Bullhunter on Mar 7, 2010 8:39:12 GMT 9
That is the most stupid thing I've heard.
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Post by MOW on Mar 7, 2010 11:27:42 GMT 9
To build a museum for the shuttle and then not have it arrive sounds like a typical government operation. You sure this isn't another Obama project?
What they SHOULD do is make the shuttle itself the museum.
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Post by dude on Mar 8, 2010 2:50:58 GMT 9
Won't they be competing with the likes of Johnson and Marshal Space Centers; or do they already have theirs? :confused
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